ERIC ALTERMAN ASKS, PLAINTIVELY:

Al Sharpton, Cynthia McKinney and Carol Moseley-Braun? Is this some kind of secret conservative conspiracy to show America only the worst of Black America in the race for the presidential race? Who’s next, Michael Jackson?

Of course, Alterman must really be a shill for the conspiracy himself, since he’s promoting Cornel West as an alternative. I mean, West is certainly a lot better than those three, but he’d still be a Karl Rove wet-dream as a Democratic politician.